Dissertation Defense

August 5, 2022

Congratulations, Dr. Nick Hubbard!

The Department of Immunology is pleased to congratulate Dr. Nick Hubbard, Immunology graduate student in the Oberst lab, for the successful defense of his dissertation entitled “ADAR1 mutation causes ZBP1-dependent immunopathology.” Nick’s defense took place on August 4, 2022 at 3 pm in Orin Smith Auditorium and via zoom, in Seattle, Washington. Congratulations, Nick!! Read…

November 29, 2021

Congratulations Dr. Rebecca Olson!

The Department of Immunology is pleased to congratulate Dr. Rebecca Olson, Immunology graduate student in the Gale Lab, for the successful defense of her dissertation on November 23, 2021, at 10 am in the Orin Smith Auditorium and via Zoom, in Seattle, Washington. The title of her defense was “Innate immune regulation in HIV latency”……

November 5, 2021

Congratulations Dr. Fahd Al Qureshah!

The Department of Immunology is pleased to congratulate Dr. Fahd Al Qureshah, Immunology graduate student in the Rawlings Lab, for the successful defense of his dissertation on November 2, 2021, at 11 am via Zoom, in Seattle, Washington. The title of his defense was “Activated PI3Kδ signaling in humoral immunity” – Congratulations Fahd! Read more

August 4, 2021

Congratulations Dr. Kerri Thomas!

The Department of Immunology is pleased to congratulate Dr. Kerri Thomas, Immunology graduate student in the Rawlings Lab, for the successful defense of her dissertation on July 27, 2021, at 10 am via Zoom, in Seattle, Washington. The title of her defense was “Activated interleukin-7 receptor signaling drives B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia in mice” –……

April 26, 2021

Congratulations Dr. Joey Leal!

The Department of Immunology is pleased to congratulate Dr. Joey Leal, Immunology graduate student in the Gerner Lab, for the successful defense of his dissertation on April 23, 2021, at 11 am via Zoom, in Seattle, Washington. The title of his defense was “Crosstalk between innate and adaptive immune cells in lymph node microenvironments shapes……

April 5, 2021

Congratulations to Dr. Nazitto!

The Department of Immunology is pleased to congratulate Dr. Rudy Nazitto, Immunology graduate student in the Aderem Lab, for the successful defense of his dissertation on April 1, 2021, at 12 pm via Zoom, in Seattle, Washington. The title of his defense was “Checks and Balances: Transcriptional Regulation of Myeloid Innate Immunity and Dendritic Cell……

March 16, 2021

Congratulations to Dr. Jack McGinty!

The Department of Immunology is pleased to congratulate Dr. Jack McGinty, Immunology graduate student in the Moltke Lab, for the successful defense of his dissertation on March 10, 2021, at 11:00 AM via Zoom, in Seattle, Washington. The title of his defense was “Immune sensing and effector functions of small intestinal tuft cells” – Congratulations……

February 9, 2021

Congratulations Dr. Frank Soveg!

The Department of Immunology is pleased to congratulate Frank Soveg, Graduate Student in the Ram lab for the successful defense of his dissertation on Wednesday, February 3, 2021, at 2:00 pm, entitled “Prenylation in cell-intrinsic innate immunity to positive-strand RNA viruses.” Congratulations Dr. Frank Soveg! Read more

August 12, 2019

Congratulations Jared Delahaye!

The Department of Immunology is pleased to announce that Jared Delahaye, graduate student in the Urdahl Lab, successfully completed his dissertation defense on Thursday, August 8, 2019, at 1:00 pm, in the Orin Smith Auditorium at South Lake Union. The title of his defense was “Early immunity to Mycobacterium tuberculosis: new insights into macrophage heterogeneity……

July 24, 2019

Congratulations Nicole Arroyo!

The Department of Immunology is pleased to announce that Nicole Arroyo, graduate student in the Pepper Lab, successfully completed her dissertation defense on Wednesday, July 24, 2019, at 10:00 am, in the Brotman Auditorium at South Lake Union. The title of her defense was “B cells, not dendritic cells, prime the dominant CD4+ Tfh response……